strawbale house tour
Remember Jim & Myra’s wedding? Well, besides having a gorgeous wedding, they have a gorgeous house and new baby! Jim has spent years building all this from scratch, and it’s still a work in progress. Hand hewn beams, strawbale, stained glass windows.
This is the front door into the big, airy, warm kitchen. It’s one of the coziest places ever. I should have taken more photos so you could really get the scale, it’s HUGE.
See? Pretty dang cozy.
Babies agree! Warm & cozy! (& Myra is 29, don’t worry. I know she looks 14.)
That giant door is a fridge/storage. Seriously, how is this real?
Pantry nook hidden behind the kitchen. Sticks!
The kitchen leads to the living room, a huge huge space with a stage for parties!! It’s so sunny and airy, and feels like you’ve left modern time and space and are in some old fashioned banquet hall!
From there, you go up a twisty stairwell to one bathroom with a mirrored hot tub, and a steampunk shower.
And another all green and cavernous. Up another staircase, and there are bedrooms with hidden nooks, a door to the living roof, and some of the most beautiful spaces ever.
Just through that door is the living roof.
Gratuitous pretty sister shot. On the right is my sister in law.
Outside, there’s a treehouse built for Jim’s older boy, one of the best I’ve seen.
I will live in this one, ok?
How about you all? Ever considered strawbale building?
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nath
June 10, 2010 at 11:54 am (1104 days ago)BEAUTIFUL! yes! some friends of ours built a strawbale house on their small-holding. we looked after it and their animals for a week, two autumns ago, we loved it. everything in their house was either useful or beautiful or both. handmade or selvedged. it’s not on such a grand scale as Jim and Myra’s but certainly shares some of the same charm and beauty. i’d lOVE to build my own house. i’d like a little sauna out back too.
verhext
June 10, 2010 at 1:08 pm (1104 days ago)I really, really, really, really, really want a sauna. I should start looking up how to build one.
Ashe MIschief
June 10, 2010 at 12:11 pm (1104 days ago)Swoon! What a beautiful, cozy house. Apparently I need to move to Vermont, all of the houses you showcase there are so lovely and charming!
nath
June 10, 2010 at 2:29 pm (1103 days ago)can’t be difficult! no, no, no, easy i think! a must-have! pause and re-imagine, *how* amazing?
Nokomi
June 10, 2010 at 2:40 pm (1103 days ago)Oh pretty lady, you’re really in full nesting mode huh? How wonderful! I hope you utterly delight in it! That house looks completely divine, what a wonderful sacred space to live and raise a family and laugh and enjoy with friends! Would love to build a strawbale house one day – I remember reading that while it was difficult labour-wise, it was achievable by any layperson (within reason!) and I love the idea of having family and friends lend energy to creating something that is not only the ideal space within which to lead a deliberate life (thanks Thoreau!) but that is friendly to the environment also! Love.
verhext
June 10, 2010 at 2:45 pm (1103 days ago)I have one more house to post, too. Oops? Yeah, I really really want to head home and buy a house & make it cozy. Getting old!! Something about renting forever, when I see houses that are made by hand it really makes me itch for something I can build myself, or at least renovate to perfection!
Nadia
June 11, 2010 at 3:02 am (1103 days ago)Oh… my…..I’m in love
That is now my dream house, I love every single detail. And that kitchen! It just invites you to cook! Thank you so much for sharing it
Those kids are so lucky to have such a beautiful, magical place to grow up in. Jim should be very, very proud of himself – he’s created a masterpiece
alita
June 11, 2010 at 5:55 am (1103 days ago)so gorgeous! you should compile a book of elf-houses.
Stephanie
June 11, 2010 at 8:19 am (1103 days ago)Oohhh, lovely. So similar to the cob house my husband and I plan to build once we get our own land. That little bricked alcove in the kitchen has given me some great ideas!
laura
June 11, 2010 at 9:34 am (1103 days ago)i. am. agog.
verhext
June 11, 2010 at 9:35 am (1103 days ago)Move to Vermont! Move to Vermont! Move to Vermont!
andrea gutierrez
June 11, 2010 at 12:00 pm (1103 days ago)what an awesome place to live! beautiful…
Mathyld / under the pyramids
June 11, 2010 at 2:15 pm (1103 days ago)Oh dear … I will dream of this house …
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Myra Hudson
June 12, 2010 at 12:00 pm (1102 days ago)/Users/jimhudson/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Modified/2010/Jun 7, 2010/DSCN4232.JPG
my favorite view
verhext
June 12, 2010 at 1:42 pm (1102 days ago)You’re trying to upload from your hard drive!
But yes, I didn’t even mention the AMAZING VIEWS. Link from yr Flickr!!
verhext
June 12, 2010 at 1:45 pm (1102 days ago)found them on your flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tillica/4597000910/
& the living roof
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tillica/4641986326/
lucky ducklings!
miss alix
September 26, 2010 at 10:45 am (996 days ago)this house is wonderful. looking at the photos i feel almost like tearing up as it is so perfect. i love it. the kitchen is a dream.
Alexandra
October 19, 2010 at 12:22 am (973 days ago)WOW! Amazing. here via APW.
Alex
March 26, 2012 at 7:45 am (449 days ago)This home has a lot of unique traits. One of the most impressive strawbale homes I’ve seen. Very inspiring!
Theresa
April 10, 2012 at 8:35 am (434 days ago)How sweet to share so much of your living and precious active living with all.. I remember back to those days of raising blessed little children, how magical it must be for them to awaken to such creativity every morning! Thanks a bunch!!!